l DeBenedictis 1961 June 24 Berkeley to Donner Lake, Calif. Left about 10 this A.M. for Donner Lake, Bay Area warm, dry. At Richmond 2 vultures flew across the highway (O.S. #0). At Vallejo saw a small bird (sparrow?) chasing a red tail Hawk, giving it a real bad time. On the road side were many (6-8) long tailed brown squirrels (looked like had a black saddle patch. Saw a ? Jay by a farm near Davis, several crows, a pheasant, near Yolo sp!! In Sacramento a magpie. Very hot, 93 in the valley, clear, no wind. Went all the way to Donner Lake non-stop. The fire last year burned along the top of the ridge north of Donner lake. A few lepidoptera along the lake & highway, not many bird calls. When we arrived at the cabin Hankican, T'plainview Cabin, 1/2 miles east of Donner body just off of O.S. #0.) The area here is scrubby pine forest, mostly dry, but not too bad. Checking around the house we immediately found oregon juncos, sparrows, robins, a pinto elfin, a crescent, and a chipmunk. Later collecting in grassy area got many crescents and 3 species of blues (gray [crossed out], saepiolus, anna), saw a few small birds and a Thamnophis. Then we went over into a dry scrubby area. Here saw a few jays, a Nashville warbler, and many Chlosyne pally, a few Peleojus javoides, Colius, and a few Anthrocercis. Many Papilio rutulus very-